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Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by OGsam

To any guardians looking for help/advice that will point you in the right direction, look me up on any of my toons and I will be vey happy to help. For now I'll pre-empt your need for help and say that you will not likely find it in this thread.

from what i've heard around smidge is a good guard. this is his take. neither you nor he (assuming) have the monopoly on how to play that class. please remember your kindergarten lessons and don't say anything at all next time.

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by vladirenter

from what i've heard around smidge is a good guard. this is his take. neither you nor he (assuming) have the monopoly on how to play that class. please remember your kindergarten lessons and don't say anything at all next time.

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

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Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by vladirenter

from what i've heard around smidge is a good guard. this is his take. neither you nor he (assuming) have the monopoly on how to play that class. please remember your kindergarten lessons and don't say anything at all next time.

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by vladirenter

from what i've heard around smidge is a good guard. this is his take. neither you nor he (assuming) have the monopoly on how to play that class. please remember your kindergarten lessons and don't say anything at all next time.

you're gonna love first grade; they teach you how to not stick your nose in other people's business!

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by BLoNdiE

So you do care then?

./pet-hate
I love you for this.

When I get the time I'll multi-quote your entire OP and tell you exactly why each and everythig you've said is not quite there, at that point you can feel free to edit your OP and inform the masses to read my severely altered and correct version of your post.

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by Laretes

Biggest issues I have with lots of guards: Learn to 'tank' more than one target. Anyone can keep aggro on one target (boss or elite or sig).
If you can't keep aggro on a whole group of mobs you are not a tank and you will cause your fellowship to wipe in difficult situations.

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Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Actually, the people on the guardian forums would probably be supportive and help Smige with anything they thought was needing correction. I find that most people in the class forums want to teach, not just tear people down to boost their own egos, but whatever.

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by canadianbassboy

Question I have...why do people always put guard, or tanks up as main target asssists??? That makes no sense to me at all.... The best guard I played with was constantly switching between mobs to keep their agro on him.

Its usally for healers to target the guard. If I ever put a guard on RaT I also put a DPS class as another. Cause yeah I agree, guards make terrible RaT's, I know I am constantly switching targets, though somewhat less so now then in SoA because of +AoE targets and litany of defiance.

As for the OP...um...lets just say im glad it was a eye destroying wall of text or I might have read it.

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by ryanmstanding

Its usally for healers to target the guard. If I ever put a guard on RaT I also put a DPS class as another. Cause yeah I agree, guards make terrible RaT's, I know I am constantly switching targets, though somewhat less so now then in SoA because of +AoE targets and litany of defiance.

As for the OP...um...lets just say im glad it was a eye destroying wall of text or I might have read it.

Reason for RAT: To see what health the boss is without targeting it xD

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by stranger7

Actually, the people on the guardian forums would probably be supportive and help Smige with anything they thought was needing correction. I find that most people in the class forums want to teach, not just tear people down to boost their own egos, but whatever.

You've never actually seen someone say something idiotic in the guard forums, have you?

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

I actually read this post before Xael and had the same initial reaction. I didn't choose to make a post or anything of the sort for several reasons, First of which being, I don't care enough. Second, you can tank however you want, even if it means being a hypocrite and berating guards for not knowing class traits, then completely misunderstanding "traits with useless partial block/parry" and traiting litany (Lol, litany). Third, properly played guards are god-mode in the moors, and have only avoided the nerf hammer because of other guards who don't know how to play their class, so I welcome posts like this and recommend more (I can't wait for Part 3).

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Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Originally Posted by Coger_Dark

I actually read this post before Xael and had the same initial reaction. I didn't choose to make a post or anything of the sort for several reasons, First of which being, I don't care enough. Second, you can tank however you want, even if it means being a hypocrite and berating guards for not knowing class traits, then completely misunderstanding "traits with useless partial block/parry" and traiting litany (Lol, litany). Third, properly played guards are god-mode in the moors, and have only avoided the nerf hammer because of other guards who don't know how to play their class, so I welcome posts like this and recommend more (I can't wait for Part 3).

You can count Nimrodel's solid (active) pvp Guards on 1 hand quite easily as you well know. I will also thank you for "getting it" for the sake of my own sanity <3

Re: How to be a Good Guardian Part 1-By The Smidgett

Thank You Smidgett!
I did not know how to play my guardian very well and what you posted taught me a ton!
I would have liked to know how to use a guardian solo, but this will get me started on being a better Guardian!